- Rockin’ Patent: South Korea Patent No. 10-2388233
- Filed: 2 September 2021
- In the name of: Kim Han Jo (inventor)
- Title: Service Providing Method Performing Server Of Music Platform Using NFT Based On Blockchain
- What’s claimed: (please note this is a machine translation from Korean into English) “A method of providing a service provided by a server of a sound source platform using a blockchain-based NFT, In a blockchain-based network, by matching copyright information and ownership information of sound source information for a sound source that is a target for registration as the sound source platform; Issuing a blockchain-based NFT that means ownership of the sound source so as to have a unique token type used; A plurality of services related to the sound source platform based on sound source information about the sound source registered in the sound source platform; Generating a smart contract (smart contract) including service codes of the at least one service using the terminal in the sound source platform for a service corresponding to a plurality of service codes included in the smart contract related to the sound source; Supporting the use of a service; Receiving a request for use of a service related to a sound source registered in the sound source platform from at least one service use terminal connected to the block chain-based network; and providing a service related to the sound source to the at least one service using terminal based on a blockchain-based NFT issued in advance for the sound source in response to the received request; To protect the sound source of the sound source platform; Detecting an illegal download event with respect to the sound source registered in the sound source platform based on a preset sound source protection algorithm; means the address of a service use terminal that illegally uses the sound source of the sound source platform in response to the detected illegal download event verifying address information; and outputting a preset anti-forgery notification to protect the sound source of the sound source platform so that an illegal download event generated for the service using terminal is blocked based on the address information, Comprising: If it is determined that the payment has been made in exchange for using the service related to the sound source while the prevention notification is output, control so that the output forgery prevention notification is not output, and in the process of confirming whether the payment is in progress, the sound source The server of the platform checks the settlement method for the sound source registered in advance by the creator who created the sound source, and charges a fee for the use of the service related to the sound source to the service using terminal based on the confirmed settlement method, and the service Add and store the usage history of the service related to the sound source in the block chain-based NFT for the sound source of the user terminal, and the plurality of service codes verify ownership of the sound source information to provide information about the sound source corresponding to the sound source information. The first code related to the service for authenticating the copyright, the second code related to the service for authenticating the identity of the right holder who holds the copyright for the sound source, and the service generated corresponding to the use of the service related to the sound source on the sound source platform A third code related to the service of compensation and a fourth code related to a service that guarantees the stability of the service related to the sound source generated in the sound source platform, The service providing method is a sound source platform using the block chain-based NFT issuing a blockchain-based virtual currency that is used as a means of transaction in accordance with the service related to the sound source; and providing a service related to a sound source registered in advance in the sound source platform in response to a request of at least one service using terminal connected to the block chain-based network based on the issued virtual currency, The server of the sound source platform stores information related to the transaction on the sound source in the smart contract, and the metadata indicating all information about the other sound source is stored in a separate independent storage device, and the server of the sound source platform stores the block Stores a hash code among metadata for sound sources in a chain-based network, the separate storage device includes an on-premises server, and a separate authentication medium for user information generated with the creation of the smart contract.”
- Why this patent rocks: This appears to be a patent granted to the music director and CEO of South Korean music sharing platform Koong World, relating to non-fungible token (NFT)-based music theft prevention. In a media report, Kim Han Jo is quoted saying that the patent aims “to solve the problem of copyright protection in the rapidly growing music market, and at the same time apply digital certificates to all products in e-commerce, which has become a problem in online product transactions.” For more information, see here.
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